House Committee Rules on Rep. Ed Whitfield Ethics Probe
Pat Raia
July 16, 2016
Whitfield violated House rules, though unintentionally, by allowing his wife to lobby for anti-soring legislation.
Whitfield violated House rules, though unintentionally, by allowing his wife to lobby for anti-soring legislation.
Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old palomino horse reported missing on June 13.
Authorities also found the carcasses of four horses on the Nottoway County property.
Firefighters were able to rescue 11 of the 12 horses that were in the barn at the time of the fire.
The horse’s owners believe the animal might have been the victim of a hate crime aimed at his owner, a practicing Sikh.
Chuck Borell was charged with 43 animal cruelty counts; a warrant has been issued for the arrest of his daughter Maria.
Officials found more than 40 apparently abandoned horses, mostly Thoroughbreds, in Mercer County in early June.
A vet and his team are challenging tradition and skepticism to bring modern veterinary medicine to remote horse herders.
Most of the evacuated horses are residing at the Fairplex fairgrounds, while some are stabled at Santa Anita Park.
The new advisory council is designed to promote higher welfare standards for the horse racing industry.
Dalene Rindal pleaded no contest to charges connected to the seizure of 29 horses from her rescue farm two years ago.
The mare abandoned at an auction before being adopted by Jon and Tracey Stewart died after being injured in a fall.
A mare and her foal were killed in the in blaze in Gilead Township.
The lawsuit seeks damages for owners whose horses ingested feed allegedly tainted with monensin.
The farm owner unsuccessfully attempted to save 13 horses inside the barn.
A Pennsylvania woman who operated a rescue via a social media page has been charged with multiple animal cruelty counts.
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